Kainei Edward Brown, author of The Tassajara Bread Book, began cooking and practicing Zen in 1965. He was ordained as a priest by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1971. Following a 20-year residency at San Francisco Zen Center, he has studied Vipassana, mindfulness touch, handwriting, yoga, and qigong, and leads meditation retreats, cooking classes, and workshops throughout the United States and Europe. He was recently featured in the film "How to Cook Your Life".

Edward will be teaching a course at Schumacher College in the UK, September 13-17, 2010: Awakening Our Relationship with Food. Click here for details.